The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 20-year-old herbalist, Amechi Okwuokenye, and his stepbrother, Good Okwuokenye, over the surprising abduction and brutal homicide of two younger males in Owa-Alidima, Ika North East Native Authorities Space of Delta State.
The victims — Friday Liberty, 22, and a industrial motorcyclist, Isioma Ugbeje — had been allegedly killed and their mutilated stays dumped inside a septic tank close to the suspects’ shrine.
Based on the command’s spokesperson, Brilliant Edafe, who confirmed the incident on Sunday, the suspects later circled to demand ransom from the households of their victims, pretending the boys had been nonetheless alive.
Edafe mentioned the herbalist was arrested on October 23, 2025, after days of surveillance, “whereas hiding inside a fridge in his shrine at Owa-Alidima.”
“The decomposing our bodies of the victims had been exhumed from the septic tank, whereas the households of the deceased are demanding justice,” Edafe acknowledged.
He mentioned throughout police investigations, it was revealed that the late Friday Liberty had been an everyday consumer of the suspect, typically searching for his “religious help” for rituals allegedly geared toward influencing others for monetary achieve.
“Nevertheless, on September 30, 2025, Liberty visited the herbalist’s shrine — a go to that turned deadly, as he (Liberty) did not return house. This prompted the household to launch a frantic search, and there was a breakthrough when his girlfriend revealed listening to a dialog linking him to the herbalist.
“Confronted by the household, Amechi denied seeing the sufferer however deceitfully supplied to carry out ‘religious incantations’ to carry him again, amassing cash within the course of.
“Annoyed by the dearth of outcomes, the household petitioned the police on the Agbor Space Command on October 14, 2025, following which detectives started an intelligence-led investigation that uncovered an internet of deceit and horror.
“Upon his arrest, the younger herbalist confessed to the crime, admitting that he and his 26-year-old brother lured Liberty and the motorcyclist to the shrine below the pretence of performing rituals.
“The duo kidnapped each males, demanding ₦10 million as ransom, however when the ransom failed, they killed the victims, butchered them, and dumped their stays in a soakaway pit beside the shrine.
“He confessed that his brother had pressured him for cash, and collectively they determined to kidnap one in every of his purchasers. Friday Liberty was the unfortunate goal,” Brilliant Edafe disclosed.
He assured the general public that justice can be delivered swiftly, saying, “It is a barbaric and mindless act. The Command will make sure that the culprits face the complete weight of the legislation.”
The stays of the victims have been evacuated and deposited at a mortuary for post-mortem, whereas the suspects stay in police custody.
